U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart is expected to announce Wednesday that he’s leaving Congress due to his wife’s illness.

George Frey/Getty Images(CNN) - Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth Smart was abducted in 2002, has announced that he is gay but says he is not leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smart, 64, of Salt Lake City, said it has taken most of his life to accept his sexual orientation. Smart is divorcing his wife, Lois, but said he's not leaving her for someone else. Smart said he hasn't removed his name from the church, though "if they were to push me to do so, I would." Smart and his family were thrust into the spotlight in 2002, when Elizabeth, then 14, was abducted from their home.

Elizabeth Smart's father, Ed Smart, has revealed he is gay. Ed and his wife, Lois Smart, split last month after three decades together. Why he also revealed he's leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After multiple pressure cookers were left around Manhattan during the peak of morning rush hour, police are searching for an individual of interest. Why the man wasn't offended.

The father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has come out as gay. Ed Smart, 64, recently came out in a Facebook post to friends and family. "I have recently acknowledged to myself and my family that I am gay, the father of five wrote. "As an openly gay man, the church is not a place where I find solace any longer, he declared. RELATED STORIESRights, Riots, Revolution: 50 Years Since the Stonewall UprisingNew York City to Erect Monument to Trans Icons Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia RiveraThe Mysterious Death of Marsha P. Johnson and the Quest for Closure